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The Curves of Zack Greinke
Zack Greinke earned the 2009 Cy Young Award earlier today. It was well deserved, and not much of a surprise. I've covered Greinke via PITCHf/x on a few occasions* (here, here, here, here and here), so...
A Few AFL PITCHf/x Leaders
I like the Arizona Fall League. I've been tracking and classifying a lot pitches, thanks to the PITCHf/x installations in Peoria and Surprise. Nearly 10,000 pitches through Saturday's Rising Stars Gam...
Speed Check - AFL vs. MLB
Stephen Strasburg's fastball is raising some interesting questions. While Strasburg was on the mound on Monday, a Tweet and an email (so old fashioned) came in asking about the Surprise, AZ, PITCHf/x ...
Arizona Fall League PITCHf/x - Day One
No, I won't do this everyday (maybe). Yes, I have a huge back-log of New Arms. More on that below... Today was opening day in Arizona, as top prospects in the Arizona Fall League started their short s...
NLDS Game 1 - Power Yields to Finesse
Cliff Lee's post-season debut turned into a complete game gem. Losing a shutout in the 9th was not completely Lee's fault, but, as it goes with baseball, your success as a pitcher isn't your own, eith...
Should the Giants Back Off Tim Lincecum?
Last night, Tim Lincecum pitched well but got beat by Carlos Zambrano. What struck me was a difference in peak and overall velocity - Big Z was throwing harder than The Freak. Zambrano peaked at 96.3,...
New Arms of the Week: September 7-13
A week after the bumper crop, only four pitchers made their Major League debuts last week. If Tim Lincecum's back wasn't balky, it would've been three. Madison Bumgarner was called-up to start in plac...
New Arms of the Week: Roster Expansion Bumper Crop
Nine rookie debuts marked the first six days of September. Brad Kilby # MPH PFX_X PFX_Z Fastball 19 93 7 8 Slider 5 84 -1 1 Carlos Carrasco # MPH PFX_X PFX_Z Curveball 7 7...
New Arms of the Week: Last of August
Closing out August, and adding a day to the "week", we have four rookie pitchers who debuted in the final week of August. Armando Gabino - threw some long relief made a brief start and was sent back ...
New Arms of the Week - August 10-16
Six rookies got the call and made their major league debuts this week. This will mostly be a run-down of their basic PITCHf/x numbers, but I have a few observations - despite the small samples. ...
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